OSHA Inspection: ALDARO DELUNA

Issued

Aug 16, 2013

Abate by

Aug 26, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):     The employer is failing to protect workers from fall hazards.  Workers were re-roofing the roof of a residential style construction site (house) while wearing harnesses but not being connected to any lanyard or ropes.  The workers were exposed to falls of over 9 feet to sidewalk, dirt and stones below.

Issued

Aug 16, 2013

Abate by

Aug 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:     The employer is failing to provide employees with adequate and effective fall protection training prior to allowing them to work on a residential style roof.  This training would allow each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and allow them to understand the proper procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.